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creeping thing, a reptile; logos, a 

 discourse. A treatise on reptiles. 



HESPERI'DE or HJESPERI'DIUM. A 

 form of fruit. 



HKTEKO. fr. gr. eteros, the other ; 

 01. e of two. A prefix denoting 

 difference. 



HEfERocA'RPiEX. fr. gr. karpos, 

 fruit. Applied to a form of fruit 

 which contracts adhesions with 

 other organs: commonly called 

 inferior. 



HETEROCF/PHALOUS. fr. gr. kephale, 

 head. Applied to those plants in 

 which some of the capitula are 

 composed entirely of male flow- 

 ers, and others of female flow- 

 ers. 



HKTEROCE'RCAL. fr. gr. 'eteros, op- 

 posite ; kerkos, a tail. Having the 

 spine prolonged, into the tail. (p. 

 49, Book viii). 



HETERO'CLITAL. Heterostrophe. 



HETERO'GAMOUS. fr. gr.gamos, mar- 

 riage. Applied to those capitula 

 in which the outer flowers are 

 neuter or female, and the inner 

 hermaphrodite or male. 



HETEVOPANGLIA'TA. fr. gr. gagglion, 

 a nervc-k.iot. The name given 

 by Owon io the mollusca. 



HETRROGE'NEOUS. fr. gr. genos, a 

 kind. Applied to substances the 

 parts of which are of different 

 kinds, and therefore of different 

 qualities. 



HETEROME'HAX. fr. gr. 'eteros, vari- 

 ous; meros, joint, leg. A section 

 of coleop'terous insects. 



HETEROMO'RPHOUS. fr. gr. morphe, 

 Ibnn. Of an irregular, or unusual 

 form. 



HETERO'PHYLIA. fr. gr. 'eteros, op- 

 posite; phrMon, leaf. Specific 

 name of a fossil plant, (p. 53, 

 Book viii). 



HETERO'PHYLLOUS. fr. gr. phullon, a 

 leaf. Applied to those plants 

 whose leaves are not of the same 

 form. 



HE'TEROPO'^A Lat. Heteropods. 



HE'TKROPOJM. fr. gr. 'eteros, various ; 



pous, foot. The name of an order 

 of gasterepods. 



HETEHO'PODOUS. Belonging or re- 

 lating to heteropods. 



HETEROP'TERA. fr. gr. 'eteros, vari- 

 ous; pteron, wing. A section of 

 the order hemip'tera. 



HETEROP'TERA. Lat. plur. of he- 

 terop'tera. 



HETERO'RGANA. fr. gr. organon, an 

 organ. A division of the vegeta- 

 ble kingdom, characterized by the 

 rotation or general motion of the 

 sap. 



HETEROSTROPHE. Reversed ; appli- 

 ed to shells whose spires turn in 

 a direction contrary to that which 

 is usual. 



HETEHOTRO'PAL. fr. gr. trepo, to 

 turn. Applied to that which has 

 a direction across the body to 

 which it belongs. 



HEXA'GONAL. fr. gr. 'car, six; gonia, 

 angle. Having six sides or angles. 



HEXAPE'TALOUS. Having six petals. 



HEX'APOII. fr. gr. 'ex, six ; pous, foot. 

 Having six feet. Applied to true 

 insects. 



HIA'TUS. Lat. A yawning, a gape. 

 The opening between the shells 

 of a bivalve which do not touch 

 when closed. 



HIBERNA'CULUM. A leaf-bud. 



HIBER'NATE. fr. lat. hibernare, to 

 winter, to be in winter quarters. 

 Animals that retire and sleep 

 throughout the winter are said to 

 hibernate. 



HIBER'NATIOJT. The act of hiber- 

 nating. Being in winter quarters. 



HIBBERTJ. Lat. of Hibbert. 



HIEROFALCO. Lat. Gerfalcon. 



HIEROGLYPHIC. fr. gr. ieros, sacred ; 

 gluphd, I engrave. Sculpture- 

 writing. The name is more pe 

 culiarly applied to a species of 

 writing, in use among the ancient 

 Egyptians. 



HILOFERE. The internal intepn- 

 ment of the seed, from the inse* 

 tion of the hilum on this part r4 

 the testa. 



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